RV TRAVEL Winter 2021/2022
Fab Food Finds Baja California Sur by Dan and Lisa Goy
We have been traveling Baja regularly for more than 20 years
In 1974, the same year Highway 1 was inaugurated, Enrique
and, as you can imagine, made many regular stops along the
Achoy López dared to build a restaurant in a town that barely
way for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some were taco stands,
existed outside the company town, now a going concern and
others more-developed restaurants. Over time, we shared these
family affair. Enrique opened a gourmet kitchen and built a
stops with friends and incorporated them into our RV tours. We
discotheque that became the meeting place for locals and
selected these 3 in Baja California Sur (BCS) because of their
tourists alike. Over the years, Enrique filled the place with items
ambience, reasonable prices, unique atmosphere and personali-
found on the Malarrimo beach that now serve as decoration
ties.
and a small museum. Malarrimo, the restaurant, has been visited by personalities from around the world and has a well-
Malarrimo Restaurant in Guerrero Negro, BCS
deserved recognition for the freshness and delicacy of its
Malarrimo beach is on the north-facing shore of a conspicuous
seafood. When the President of Mexico visits to see the whales,
“horn” about halfway down the Baja Peninsula on the Pacific
which they all do once during their term, they eat at Malarrimo.
Coast side. This mysterious and lonely place was called by the famous Spanish Explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno, the beach of Malarrimo. The land juts sharply westward into the waters of the California current, generating an intense upwelling along the coast but also carries riches of different sort: boat wreckage, clothing, first-aid kits, military gear, toys, preserved foods and many other curios.
The town of Guerrero Negro was founded in 1957 when Daniel Ludwig built a salt works there to supply the demand of salt in the western United States, now the greatest salt mine in the world. The towns claim to fame also includes whale watching when Grey Whales congregate to breed and give birth every winter in the coastal lagoon, Ojo de Liebre.
Seafood platter at Malarrimo
In addition to the restaurant, Enrique built an RV Park in 1978 and the hotel in 1986. Enrique Jr. started Malarrimo Eco-Tours in 1989. Daughter Nena opened the Casa el Viejo Cactus gift shop soon after. Daughter Monica then opened the Malarrimo Convenience Store and, finally, youngest son Tony joined Malarrimo with a degree in marketing and advertising. Malarrimo’s outside patio
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